movie version of gimlee was a chick, why else did he go so far out of her way to spontaneously explain that dwarven women look and sound like hte men but definitely do exist?
I’m pretty sure she and legolass hooked up at the end

Thanks, Chiken. I know my style is certainly not as fluid as Erica’s. She was amazing with a spontaneous energy, and it’ll take some time for me to loosen up to her level of artful assurance. Thanks again.

You don’t have to try to be Erica, dude. You’re doing fine so far with your own style. I like your detailed backgrounds better than her sketchy/blotchy stuff, actually. *waits to be jumped by a gang of Erica fanboys* Nah, seriously, Erica did a great job. OW! NOT THE FACE….

He didn’t say it would lead to war, he said that it was a symptom of war. My guess is that he sees it as young women in a society in which no young man can be expected to be around or to be alive for a long-term relationship, so live for the day and have fun while you can.

In warrior cultures, sex role differences are often exaggerated, with men valued mainly for their fighting prowess (and sometimes their ability to work) and women for breeding little fighters. Thus, you do see a lot of flaunting of sex characteristics in dress and behavior. (You also see a degradation of the work ethic, because courage is what gets you positive attention, not diligence.) See, for example, “Albion’s Seed” by David Hackett Fischer.

I hate how, in these situations, the victims (in this case dwarves) are always expected to take it up the ass and accept their losses for the greater good while the aggressors (humans) are sort of absolved out of convenience despite their crimes again all for a “greater good”. I’m almost tempted to say, “Ally with the savage races, kill all humans (while you still can) and take back what’s rightfully yours”. Knowing my race I can say with almost full certainty that they won’t stop until you’re either dead or assimilated as second class citizens or worse.

But Hobbsian cynicism aside, are the dwarves truly blameless victims or simply the losers in a conflict for resources? In the absence of a universally acknowledged moral order, can their truly be such things as an entire nation or people as “victims?”

“can their truly be such things as an entire nation or people as “victims?””

Yes. There can be. If you look at the north american continent, for example, you can find quite a number of groups that were attacked by a hostile power for their land, were slaughtered, murdered on purpose by disease and weapon, due to no fault of their own (unless you buy “having a different skin color” being a crime)

It’s a silly argument, because history is full of such groups. Scare quotes around victim do not make your argument any less inherently ridiculous and ignorant of the entire human history.

What authority makes the land theirs? Because they were the first humans we happen to know about that lived there? Because they were the defenders in the one instance in recent memory rather than the aggressors?

Think about the question more carefully. You have this idea about right and wrong – but on what foundation does it stand? Is that foundation the same in the comic as it is in the real world?

What is someone’s “home” in practical terms? Where they live right now? Where their parents live? Where they crawled out of the primordial goo?

This is a recurrent theme in fantasy literature, and we should examine the philosophical ramifications of it more carefully.

if i had reservations about the art, john- this page has assuaged them. less painterly lines, but better volumes and details. the overlayed texture is the constant- one that i actually think you might almost be better off without.

if there’s something positive to take from the feedback so far john, i think it’s that we don’t want you to try to be erica. erica’s (gorgeous) lines sometimes sent her proportions or details askew- and yours are rock solid. more pages just like this one please.

“we don’t want you to try to be erica”
“erica’s…proportions or details askew”

there was no pronoun in the second sentance, the first dealt with feedback, the second was a statement of FACT. it’s a stylistic choice, and one that i happen to enjoy, but the choice to maintain rigerous control over that kind of thing is something i can also respect.

Don’t argue guys. you two are a couple of my favorite posters. On a side note, I figured this would be a good a place as any to post this. I find that i play my MMO in all my spare time but have only attained level 83 as of yet… how the f* is everyone else in my guild already 85? GET A JOB! (distraction ftw?)

Damn it Phil, when you first held me and my face got lost in your beard I knew that I had to have you. If I cannot then no one else will! I will skewer any man who dares lay his lips upon your rugged countenance.

From the first journal of “My Travels” by Gravedust, I knew I was hooked on the Our Dwarves Are Different content of this comic in itself. Looks like that’s caching out (is that ‘cashing’ here?) soon, but there’s always “Syr’Nj is awesome” and “In what sense is Byron a Berserker?”
Heheh, for some reason I’m thinking about how hard Bandit would have to try not to laugh at Gravedust’s faces at this meeting so far.

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